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posted in January 2009
1/30/2009
Nortel's officially out of the WiMax game and with capital evaporating, Clearwire's ambition to expand beyond two cities look precarious.
1/30/2009
As the soaring layoff numbers demonstrate, every business is looking for ways to cut costs right now and IT is an obvious place to cut. Before slashing IT staff or eliminating services, be sure you've done wrung every dime from your budget. Start with these steps.
1/29/2009
As vendors look to keep revenue coming in the door, prices on hardware and software are plummeting. For small and midsize businesses who can afford it, now's a great time to buy.
1/28/2009
The recession is hurting everyone ... or is it? This could be the break out year for cloud computing vendors who are ready and waiting for a flood of businesses to embrace low cost, no investment, no management computing in the cloud.
1/27/2009
In a tight credit market, cash is king and keeping it flowing will make or break your business this coming yet. Here's 10 ways to keep the greenbacks rolling in to your business.
1/26/2009
As more and more businesses embrace SaaS and cloud computing, workers faced with juggling more and more online workspaces. With an ambitious new beta program, Symantec hopes to unify these disparate workspaces so everything's accessible with a single password.
1/26/2009
SaaS financials vendor Intacct introduces a sweeping upgrade with new features and global reach and a channel partner program slashes the implementation and subscription costs.
1/23/2009
Microsoft's first ever layoff tosses more dismal job numbers onto the financial crisis heap, but it's not just the recession that's putting the screws to Redmond -- it's those pesky little netbooks.
1/21/2009
Business owners often use credit cards to help get a business going, bridge gaps in revenue, and extend payments when cash is tight. That's not new. But business owners may not be taking advantage of the tools and services available with many of today's credit cards for everything from managing employee expenses to cash bonuses.
1/15/2009
Google stakes its claim to the business software market by launching a partner reseller program to compete directly with Microsoft.
1/15/2009
Each day brings more bad news about the economy, but that hasn't dampened small business owners outlook about the prospects for 2009 -- the majority see opportunity.
1/14/2009
Everyone complains about PDFs, but no one ever does anything about it -- except keep right on using them. And for document archiving usage will continue to increase.
1/14/2009
When frugality and caution are the watchwords of the day, maintaining strong relationships with your customers is more important than ever. Loyal customers may reduce their spending, but they'll keep coming back to you for the things they need -- and keep the revenue you need coming in the door.
1/8/2009
With the competition for every dollar fiercer than ever, business owners must press any and every competitive advantage. Fortunately, smaller businesses have certain inherent advantages over large enterprises in downturns and now's the time to make the most of them.
1/6/2009
Clearwire rolls out a 4G wireless broadband network in Portland, Ore doubling the number of U.S. cities with a WiMax alternative. What stands to be a big leap ahead for WiMax, remains a long way to blanketing us in broadband access.
1/5/2009
With the competition for every dollar fiercer than ever, business owners must press any and every competitive advantage. Fortunately, smaller businesses have certain inherent advantages over large enterprises in downturns and now's the time to make the most of them.
1/2/2009
Still the second largest computer maker in the world, but stinging from slumping sales and sliding stock price, Dell has reorganized its operations into 3 business units: one for government, one for large enterprises, and one for small and midsize businesses.
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